An abundance of coal and and a good transportation network consisting of the National Road, (the first federally funded road), the C&O Canal, and several railroads helped make Cumberland, Maryland a major manufacturing site. The museum exhibits cover breweries, glass making, and tire manufacturing along with some of the smaller businesses. Unfortunately the last of the industries closed in the 1980s.
The museum has two unusual exhibits – the carvings of folk artist Claude Yoder and four amazingly detailed scenes from Sleeping Beauty that were originally displayed in the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. They were rescued by Gary Baer, a Myersdale, PA toy store owner, and are on loan to the museum.
The museum is in the process of adding a large new exhibit on the development of Cumberland as a transportation hub. We got a sneak peak and what we saw looked very interesting.
The parking lot is small. Our 25’ motorhome is about the limit that will fit. There’s a free parking lot on Howard Street under Interstate 68. Watch the overhead clearance. Museum 39.65004, -78.76206
Well, now, being thumped down two flights of stairs must have been a surprise, since you assumed the elevator worked! Wouldn't ya think they'd fix it? Maryland, huh?
ReplyDeleteFortunately we've done that before so we knew it was possible but as we get older we don't like to take chances like that.
DeleteThe elevator seemed fine when we came up but we could tell by the way the volunteer was acting that it would be a long time before anyone came to fix it. I guess if Tony couldn't have thumped me down they would have called the fire department.
Oh my, talk about adventure!
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